Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-05
THE RAILROADS.
The Denton and Western to Change Its
Charter and Increase Its Capital
stock to $780, GOO.
Tho Fort Worth Western Engineers Look
ing Out the Route to Jacksboro and
Graham-Home Notes.


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engineer, was in the city yesterday.
T. W. Jackson, land agent of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe, was in the city
yesterday.
JIM. Phillips, master of transportation
of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, came
in last night.
S. Birdsong, conductor on the Texas
and Pacific with an eastern run, was in
the city yesterday.
sck-laying on the Atchison-Santa Fe
in the Indian Territory north from Red
river has commenced and nearly mile
put down.
The article in the railroad department
yesterday headed "The New Year."
should have been credited to the st. Louis
Railway Register.
Contractor Hughes is pushing things on
the Fort Worth and Rio Grande, and is
now grading on the thirty-second mile
from Fort Worth.
Chief Engineer Parsons of the Fort
Worth and Rio Grande, who We1t to Phil
adelpbia to spend the holidays, is expect
ed back this week.
W. J. Sherman, assistant chief
engineer of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
ecI HAS DetI III OIS w vi III lOl wv Oayo
on business Of the road.
T. G. Golden, division superintendent
of the Missouri Pacific at Denison, has
resigned, and a. W. Dickinson has been
appointed to the position.
Latest adyices from Granbury are to
the effect that one of the piers for the
Brazos bridge is not far from completion,
that one abutment is ready, and that the
cofferdam is in for the second pier in the
river. Besides the force of men en-
ployed on the work at the river, a number
of quarrymen are busily getting out stone
for the piers and for culverts along the
line.
Capt. w. G. Veal, one of the directors
of the Gulf and Pacific, was in the city
yesterday laboring with the Denton and
Western people to give his road another
chance. The Decatur and JaCksboro
representatives finally agreed to give the
Gulf and Pacific unit January Is to do
something, after which time they would
advise their respective cities to look else
where for railroad.
The Denton aud Western projectors
held another meeting yesterday. 1t was
decided TO amend the charter lately OBJ
tanned and increase the capital STOCK to
$50, eco. After & number of important
matters were discussed 1t was determined
to constitute Judge J. A. Carroll of Den
ton, L. A. Crane of Decatur and Thomas
+. West of JackSbOro, a committee TO at
tend to the changing of the charter, and,
in fact, to take full charge of the
work OF carrying out the plans
of the company. The president OF
a Fort Worth railroad has agreed to
place the bonds of the new company, and
being man of means he is abundsEtly
able to do this. The executive commit
tee was in session last night attending to
some important correspondence and will
meet again to-day.
Chief Engineer M. o. Hall OF the Fort
Worth Western, accompanied by two as
sistants, left Springtown Monday to make
preliminary surveys to Jacksboro and
Graham. At the time of his departure
the line had been permanently located
thirty-ive miles and two of the force,
who desired to take q few days holiday,
were notified that they must be back in
camp by Thursday night without fail.
1t was stated here yesterday that cross
sectioning from Fort Worth was to be-
gin in few days, and also that consid-
cradle part of the right of way had al
ready been obtained. Springtown, it is
understood, has guaranteed the right Of
way through Parker county. All persons
who have been along the
route surveyed agree in pronouncing
it fine one, the country
being the richest in this part of the state.
Springtown is represented to be thirty
ing town, which Will soon have to drop
the town part and become Spring City |
The engineers tried to run the line to
ALE in this county but it was too far to
one side. There is certainly great life in
the Fort Worth Western, and it would
not be very surprising if those men with
teams and scrapers who came here last
week to work on the Fort Worth Western
knew what they were doing.